Archive for January, 2008

Here, There, & Everywhere

Posted: January 29, 2008 in observations, random

Just grabbing a few random thoughts as they float by in my noggin: Helping is cool. Just had lunch with a pastor across town who wanted to “pick my brain” about some of the things we’re doing. It’s fun to help others, even when it’s sharing what you did wrong. Systems are important. I’ll be [...]

Two Big Lessons

Posted: January 23, 2008 in growth

Now that I’m getting back in the groove, it’s becoming more and more clear the ‘big ideas’ God had for me during my time away.  As usual, my head was spinning with dozens of thoughts at one time, but the fog is lifting and I’m realizing exactly what the “takeaways” were for me… 1. Be [...]

Re-Grouping

Posted: January 21, 2008 in vision

Had a great time on our groups / process retreat this weekend. It was ridiculously cold (19 degrees when we left this morning) but we were able to get a lot accomplished and still shoot some skeet yesterday afternoon. I feel great about what we came up with, and think it won’t be too long [...]

Get Out Of Town

Posted: January 17, 2008 in leadership, vision

Tomorrow morning I leave for Georgia with a group of guys (and Miranda) to discuss our discipleship process and how groups fit into it. We’re going to a hunting camp, so it’ll be somewhat rustic. And cold. The low Saturday is supposed to be in the mid-20′s. Man. Miranda is mostly going to cook for [...]

80′s (Christian) Rock

Posted: January 16, 2008 in observations, random

Anybody besides me remember Petra? You know – the band I learned to drum to? (Louie Weaver still rocks). The band that gave my parents heart attacks? The band that made keyboard solos cool? I’ve been delving into the archives recently, dusting off some [extremely] old cd’s and loading them onto the ol’ iPod. And [...]